Robbers Take Wallet Holding $4

An elderly man was robbed Tuesday of a small amount of cash by a man with a knife in the Altamonte Mall parking lot -- the second time such an incident occurred in a two-day span.

Cecil Parsons, 77, 100 S. Interlachen, Winter Park, was confronted by a man with a knife about 3:15 p.m. as he was about to get into his car. The man ordered Parsons to surrender his wallet, which contained $4, police said.

About 1 p.m. Monday, the same thing happened to a 75-year-old Orlando man in the Altamonte Mall parking lot. Altamonte Springs police detectives have both cases under investigation.